Ira Sadoff

Arthur Jeremiah Roberts Professor of Literature

Areas of Expertise

Modern American poetry

Contemporary American poetry

Postmodern American poetry

Professional Information

Ira Sadoff is the author of seven collections of poetry (most recently http://www.press.uillinois.edu/s03/sadoff.html ) Barter, and
Grazing, U. of Illinois, a novel, O.Henry prize-winning short stories, and
The Ira Sadoff Reader (a collection of stories, poems, and essays about
contemporary poetry). He is the recipient of a Creative Arts Fellowship
from the National Endowment of the Arts and a Fellowship from the
Guggenheim foundation. He has recently published critical articles about
postmodern American poetry and is interested in Nineteenth and Twentieth
Century American Poetry.

Distinctive Story Award, Martha Foley's Best Short Stories of 1974; 1975; 1978;81, 90.

Best 100 Books of 1978, The Philadelphia Enquirer (for Palm Reading in Winter).

Best Books of Poetry, 1978, The Washington Post (for Palm Reading in Winter).

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